2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.49b

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Table 1.49b
Median time for AMI patients to thrombolysis,^a all payers, by State, 2005

State	Median time (minutes)
United States	43
Alabama	47
Alaska	42
Arizona	46
Arkansas	37
California	35
Colorado	35
Connecticut	34
Delaware	33
District of Columbia	120
Florida	40
Georgia	33
Hawaii	44
Idaho	50
Illinois	54
Indiana	28
Iowa	38
Kansas	37
Kentucky	37
Louisiana	50
Maine	33
Maryland	50
Massachusetts	39
Michigan	41
Minnesota	44
Mississippi	41
Missouri	37
Montana	55
Nebraska	45
Nevada	35
New Hampshire	51
New Jersey	40
New Mexico	50
New York	40
North Carolina	35
North Dakota	34
Ohio	41
Oklahoma	35
Oregon	33
Pennsylvania	38
Puerto Rico	63
Rhode Island	36
South Carolina	41
South Dakota	45
Tennessee	38
Texas	44
Utah	38
Vermont	38
Virginia	39
Washington	58
West Virginia	38
Wisconsin	42
Wyoming	52

^a Time in minutes from arrival to initiation of a thrombolytic agent in patients with ST segment elevation or left bundle branch block (LBBB) on the electrocardiogram (ECG) performed closest to hospital arrival time.

Key: AMI: acute myocardial infarction.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.